2023-10-06 05:56:43
Former US President Donald Trump (2017-2021) shared secret information about the capabilities of US nuclear submarines with an Australian businessman after leaving the White House, according to media such as The New York Times and ABC.
The former president faces trial for accumulating classified documents in his Mar-a-Lago mansion, in Florida, where the conversation between Trump and Anthony Pratt, who runs one of the paper and packaging companies, supposedly took place in 2021. biggest in the world.
During the talk, the Republican apparently revealed the number of atomic warheads that American nuclear submarines carry on board and the minimum distance at which they can approach Russian submarines without being detectedaccording to The New York Times, which cites close sources.
Trump, however, failed to show Pratt any of the classified documents that were later found at his residence following an FBI raid.
It is believed that the businessman ended up revealing the information that Trump gave to dozens of people, including members of the Australian Government.
However, a former ambassador of that country to the United States, Joe Hockey, played down the matter, Assuring in statements to The New York Times that all these data are well known to Australiaan ally of Washington and whose soldiers have been “serving alongside Americans on US submarines” for years.
Pratt was questioned as part of the investigation led by special prosecutor Jack Smith that ended with Trump’s indictment in Miami for his handling of sensitive Administration documents, although his name does not appear in the charging document. The trial is scheduled to begin in May.
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